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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: As a final question on this, does the Minister have any concerns about companies that are in receipt of State supports simultaneously making dividend payments to shareholders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Separately, under the UK scheme which is called the Covid corporate financing facility, another condition introduced was that there would be a requirement for the business to show what is referred to as "restraint" on senior executive pay. Is that something the Minister gave consideration to? Does he have any concern that that, though not a condition here, is being breached by businesses in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. I move to the business interruption issue to which the Minister referred. I note what he said about the advice he received that he could not introduce laws that were retrospectively going to require insurance companies to pay back moneys gained by way of State support. I understand that. However, was any consideration given to introducing a prohibition on that happening prospectively?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. I am glad the Minister is going to give consideration to perhaps introducing a provision because the ones in the insurance (miscellaneous provisions) Bill at present are really just an ability to accumulate data. There is no requirement on an insurance company to deduct from business interruption claims the amount of State supports the business has received.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Parole Board will commence its operation and functions under the Parole Act 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to extend the powers of the Parole Board to persons convicted of sentences other than life sentences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment will be ratified by Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the inspection of places of detention Bill will be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63024/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new prisoner complaints system will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the monitoring report into the monitoring visit of a place of detention in April 2020 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the special investigation report completed in 2020 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if flexibility can be introduced for persons applying for citizenship to reduce the total cost on applicants for providing evidence through bank statements or other personal data of their continuous residence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1354. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services as defined in the HSE National Drawdown Framework including the provision of CPAP devices by HSE area in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [62977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1808. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who were vaccinated for Covid-19 in the United States of America and who do not hold an Irish passport will be eligible for an EU Digital COVID Certificate issued by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1924/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister of State. I share his objective in that I am hopeful that the committee can complete pre-legislative scrutiny of this important legislation today and that we can get the legislation onto the floor of both Houses of the Oireachtas early in the New Year. I have a number of questions in regard to heads 3 and 8. As outlined by the Minister of State in his opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister of State did answer the question. I am not suggesting that the legislation should apply retrospectively but consideration should be given to introducing legislation that will apply prospectively. All we are doing in the legislation is requiring the data to be collected by the Central Bank and for the consumer to be informed of the deduction. The Minister of State could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Discussion (16 Dec 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is a consequential provision and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Previously insurers or the insured would only disclose documents that they intended to rely on in court proceedings but here there is a requirement to disclose documents even if they are not going to rely on them and, more important, if they are of disadvantage to the claim they are making.